Smartphones in Battlefield
Posted by BA on Jul 22, 2010 in Android, Handsets, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Smartphones, Technology | 1 comment
Soldiers will be using smartphones in the battlefied. Here’s what this latest Reuters article says:
Raytheon, which makes the Patriot missile defense system, is developing software which could enable a soldier to find enemies in his or her surrounding terrain using a mobile phone running Google’s Android operating system.
The software could potentially be powerful enough to pick up aerial images from an unmanned aircraft or satellite and then focus in on details such as license plates on cars or a person’s facial features.
A typical soldier’s use case:
- Searching for a UAV nearby
- UAV found, Connected!
- Requesting enemy unit locations nearby
- Enemy units and buildings found at these coordinates, touch to view photos
- Incoming orders, move north, keep moving, wait for further orders
- Incoming missile, take shelter
- Your primary weapon is running low on ammo, reload!
And then there can be problems with the software or the handsets:
- Cannot retrieve orders, network not found
- UAV connection lost
- Battery low
- Uh.. the phone software stuck … urgh!
- Waiting for GPS ………………….
- … why dare you touch the phone, it’s an iPhone, remember?
Here’s the whole post.
Read MoreHow much power does my phone consume?
Posted by BA on Jul 19, 2010 in Green Computing, Mobile, Smartphones, Technology, Telecommunication | 17 comments
Did you ever think how much power does your cell phone consume? Yes, we know it will be negligible but once the number of consumers has grown to a very high number all around the world, the power being consumed as a whole may be significant?
Let’s do some simple maths and we are not getting into any fancy tools here. It’s simple arithmetic. You will need to find three numbers about your phone before you start this calculation. The numbers are:
- The battery capacity in mAh (milli-Ampere-hour)
- The voltage output of the battery ( volts )
- Total Talk time
- Total Standby Time (optional)